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Thai PM summoned by anti-graft panel Thailand's prime minister has been summoned to face an anti-corruption panel Thursday to hear negligence charges that could lead to her removal from office, following months of mass opposition protests.

27 February 2014

Athens mayoral candidate says he is HIV positive One of Greece's best-known proponents of gay rights, who is running for mayor of Athens, on Sunday said he is HIV positive in a taboo-breaking move.

17 February 2014

Gay Bollywood director says 'I won't be invisible' Indian filmmaker Onir knows what it's like to be Bollywood's only openly gay director.

16 February 2014

China gay activists' message for Putin on Valentine's Day A group of gay and lesbian activists staged a Valentine's Day kissing protest in Beijing Friday aimed at highlighting Russia's controversial anti-homosexuality laws.

14 February 2014

Google Doodle flies gay flag for Sochi Olympics Google marked the Winter Games in Sochi by flying the gay flag in a search page Doodle that linked to a call for equality in the Olympic Charter.

07 February 2014

Tens of thousands march in Paris to back traditional family Tens of thousands of people marched in Paris and Lyon on Sunday against new laws easing abortion restrictions and legalising gay marriage, accusing French President Francois Hollande's government of "family phobia".

03 February 2014

Venezuela activists petition for same-sex marriage Some 300 gay rights activists gathered -- holding hands, kissing and waving rainbow flags -- in front of Venezuela's parliament Friday to present a petition for same-sex marriage.

01 February 2014

Gay cowboy opera 'Brokeback Mountain' premieres in Spain Singing in rich tenor and baritone voices, cowboys doffed their hats and embraced in their underwear in the premiere of an opera adaptation of Oscar-winning film "Brokeback Mountain" in Spain.

29 January 2014

Grammys turn mass wedding in gay marriage celebration The music industry's top night turned into the big day for 34 couples on Sunday as Madonna and other stars presided over a mass wedding in a celebration of gay marriage.

27 January 2014

Azeri gay rights leader commits suicide A leading Azerbaijani gays rights activist killed himself after writing in an online suicide note that he could not go on living in "this country and this world".

23 January 2014

HK tycoon doubles bounty to marry off gay daughter A Hong Kong tycoon may double a "marriage bounty" to find a male suitor for his gay daughter to US$130 million, despite his initial offer attracting 20,000 candidates.

23 January 2014

Same-sex couples sue Florida for right to wed Six same-sex couples filed suit against the US state of Florida Tuesday for refusing to let them marry.

22 January 2014

Uganda president blocks anti-gay bill: report Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has refused to approve a controversial bill that would see homosexuals jailed for life, saying there were better ways to cure the "abnormality", a report said Friday.

18 January 2014

Same-sex ban 'legalises' homophobic violence: gay Nigerians Gay activists on Tuesday vowed to fight the Nigerian government after the country outlawed same-sex unions, warning the act legitimised homophobic violence and increased fears of persecution.

15 January 2014

Britain pardons gay 'father of computing' Alan Turing Britain on Tuesday granted a posthumous pardon to Alan Turing, the World War II code-breaking hero who committed suicide after he was convicted of the then crime of homosexuality.

24 December 2013

Uganda adopts tough anti-gay bill Uganda's parliament on Friday adopted an anti-homosexuality bill that will see repeat offenders jailed for life, sparking an international outcry as lawmakers hailed it as a victory against "evil".

21 December 2013

Australia's top court overrules gay marriage in capital Australia's High Court on Thursday struck down gay marriage in the nation's capital where dozens have wed under a landmark law, ruling that parliament must decide whether to approve same-sex unions.

13 December 2013

India's top court upholds law criminalising gay sex India's Supreme Court Wednesday upheld a colonial-era law criminalising homosexuality in a landmark judgment that crushes activists' hopes for guarantees on sexual freedom in the world's biggest democracy.

11 December 2013

Couples tie knot en masse in Rio's first gay marriages A total of 130 couples said "I do" in a mass wedding Sunday at Rio de Janeiro's Superior Court of Justice, marking the city's first gay civil marriages.

09 December 2013

Elton John challenges Russian gay ban from stage British pop icon Elton John escaped serious criticism in Russia on Saturday after using a sold-out Moscow concert to challenge a highly contentious law banning the "propaganda of homosexuality" to minors.

09 December 2013

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